North Carolina's Fraser fir is a popular Christmas tree, but it's under threat from disease and scientists are racing to try to save it. North Carolina is a leading producer of Christmas trees ...

Fraser fir is a beloved type of Christmas tree that also offers privacy, beauty, and wildlife value to gardens. arlutz73 / Getty Images The Fraser fir tree (Abies fraseri) is a comparatively rare ...

The Fraser fir is arguably the most popular Christmas tree species. It’s chosen for its hardiness, which means it survives being cut and can be shipped across long distances.

Christmas tree growers in Atlantic Canada are monitoring the spread of a disease and looking for ways to combat it.

Most can agree that a good Christmas tree is one that “sheds” very little. North Carolina State University researchers are studying Fraser fir Christmas trees to improve qualities such as ...

A 20-foot Fraser fir in Avery County was chosen to be the next White House Christmas tree. The selection Monday came weeks after Helene devastated much of western North Carolina. Channel 9′s ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — Finding the perfect Christmas tree: if you haven't already done so already, now is the time. A nationwide shortage of Fraser firs is affecting supplies and prices ...

The White House Christmas tree this year was a Fraser fir from Ashe County. • Fraser firs comprise 90 percent of all Christmas trees grown in North Carolina — 58 million on 38,000 acres.

The Fraser fir in the White House, and the ones sold at many Christmas tree lots, are often propagated with cuttings, or by using seeds on which not a lot of research has been done.

If you're going to buy a live Christmas tree this year, there's a good chance it will be a fir. In 2019, 71% of all trees sold were firs, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

People like the way it makes their house smell when they put a Fraser fir in their living room. GARBER: The race to save the trees is not just about saving an important piece of the holidays.

Transcript MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: North Carolina is a leading producer of Christmas trees, and the Cadillac of trees is their native Fraser fir. It is, though, an evergreen under siege.